Master Drilling South Africa (pty) Ltd.

Master Sinkers Ltd

Gareth Robert Sheppard

Barend Jacobus Jordaan

Nikolaus Kleuters

Nicolaas Bodenstein Goodwin

Daniel Coenraad Pretorius

Louis Germishuys

A shaft enlargement arrangement for a boring system is provided, the shaft enlargement arrangement comprising a hollow column proximate a lower end of the boring system; a first cutter head that is rotatably fitted to the hollow column, with first drive means being provided to rotate the first cutter head relative to the hollow column so as to bore downwardly a hole having a diameter corresponding substantially to the diameter of the first cutter head; and a boring head arrangement fitted to an operatively lower end of the column, the boring head arrangement terminating in a second cutter head to bore a leading hole as the boring system proceeds to bore downwardly. In an embodiment, the first cutter head comprises a support body carrying a winged arrangement, the support body being rotatably fitted to the column, the winged arrangement comprising a plurality of wings extending from the support body, each wing being fitted with, or comprising, a plurality of first cutter elements.

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Lima, Peru

Gareth Robert Sheppard